I believe the Orange County District Attorney’s office is among the LEO units making use of some of the latest DNA tools.
A suspect is NOT charged based solely on relationships identified by online genealogy and dna sites.
My sister did Ancestry DNA. Via their cousin autosomal matching, a few people have contacted her.
We have estensive traditional (non-DNA) records, and every DNA cousin match checks out.
One advanced crime solving method, is using the Gedmatch online DNA database.
Another toolis using quick DNA testing analysis, like the military uses with battlefield casualties.
If a sample submitted to 23andme or any other DNA lab is from a “product of incest”, that will be plainly obvious. Do the labs have a policy on informing the customers?
The media loves to headline the title of any person that allegedly does a wrong is a former servicemen. Scumbags. Do you ever see them mention Democrat in the headline when a politician is in trouble?.
Besides the obvious ability to identify criminals or to find our past and present relatives.
Our DNA or anyone’s might be worth a fortune re treatment of diseases and prevention of disease with a cloned product of the DNA.
Rumors have been around for over a decade about how a few people, who draw blood keep an extra vial from each patient that is bought at the end of a day at a price to make this bs worth it. Then, those blood samples are searched for the holy DNA grail or for some specific advantage in certain disease states.
3 years ago, I was asked by my private practice FP if I would participate in a study based on my DNA. I was never told why or how I was selected. I said no.
Since then I went to a big HMO for my health care. A few months ago I got an email asking me to participate in a study based on my DNA. This time I talked to a person getting patients. She wouldn’t tell me how or why I was a possible selection for this study.
Then, I asked if my family could know what is happening including a son who is a member of this HMO could know what for and why if I became part of this study. I was told no, and I then said no.